symbolize

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That’s a term coined to describe strategic sectors such as AI that symbolize China’s effort to pivot away from traditional growth drivers like property.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Wolfsthal is among experts involved in the "Doomsday Clock" meant to symbolize how near humanity is to destruction.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

"Lines on maps started to symbolize the limits of political sovereignties rather than the boundless divine promises. This transformed the way that the Bible's descriptions of geographical space were understood."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

They both symbolize a kind of ’80s slick-cop genre thing, but it was such different material.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

Vieta in 1579 began to use algebraic variables—X, Y, Z, etc.—to symbolize unknown quantities.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos